Trey from Phish and Dave from the Dave Mathews Band took a trip to Africa to explore music, culture, and history. Your class watches this episode from VH1's Music Studio to understand how African culture and music have influenced modern...

A 3-day French lesson targeting food shopping vocabulary. It is designed for elementary French learners pretending to communicate with merchants in a small village outside of Dakar. The plan follows a class reading of the picture book,...

Learners become more knowledgeable about modern-day Senegal and the significance of one charismatic Sufi leader, Amadou Bamba. They become more aware and examineing of Islam and offset any misexamineings and negative stereotypes about...

Prepare yourself for a top-notch presentation on colonialism in Africa! Discussed are the reasons for African multilingualism. Maps and a country-by-country look at various colonists that made their mark on the African continent are...

Learners read "Slavery's Past, Paved Over or Forgotten" from The New York Times and discuss as a class. This activity is the introduction for researching a topic on the history of slavery in the U.S. Student groups present their...

Students move themselves around a "world" map on the classroom floor, using lines of latitude and longitude to locate specific spots. They determine the locations of 11 countries where Peace Corps Volunteers are serving and identify in...

Fifth graders research the Continental Drift by researching for evidence of continental movement. The teaching explains the theory of plate tectonics and the Earth's magnetic field. They conclude the lesson by watching the video of "In...

In this ESL worksheet, students interview their classmates about where they are from and what their hobbies are. Students fill out a chart to help organize their information.

In this math worksheet, students color pictures to show that a whole number is a combination of two smaller parts. Students listen as their buddy demonstrates telling about the pictures, example: "I see one blue balloon and three red...

This resource offers a detailed geography of Senegal. It provides pictures of sites of attraction and cities. There are also links to major parks.

This political map of Senegal not only shows the province boundaries, major cities, highways, rail lines, and neighboring countries, but it also clearly shows how it completely engulfs the country of The Gambia. Clicking on the map will...

Offers a travel guide and country profile of the African nation of Senegal including background details and numerous links to extensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...

Find statistics about the many river systems of the world. Includes facts such as length, drainage area, cities, notable tributaries, and more. Also provides links to sites about some of the rivers.

Map of Western Africa in 1920 showing the Upper Guinea States of Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leon, Liberia, British Gold Coast, Togo, Dahomey, Northern and Southern Nigeria, Kamerun, and Spanish Guinea. The map also shows the...

Map of Northwestern Africa in 1906 showing the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and a portion of Tripoli, the western country of Rio de Oro, and the Upper Guinea States of Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leon, Liberia,...

A map of South America from 1906 showing the political boundaries of the time. The map shows capitals, major cities, ports, rivers, terrain and coastal features. An outline map of Pennsylvania at the same map scale is included to show...